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Apr 7, 2021
Betty M. Grieb, 86, a resident of Juniper Village, State College, Pa., formerly of Rote, died April 5, 2021 at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College, Pa.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Dean K. Wetzler, Jr. Funeral Home, 320 Main St. Mill Hall, Pa.
Online condolences @ www.wetzlerfuneralhome.org.
Can Long-Term Care Employers Require Staff Members to Be Vaccinated?
As legal experts and ethicists debate, some companies aren’t waiting.
Joe Pendergast, a resident of Juniper Village, a nursing home in Bensalem, Pa., with Kevin Birtwell, a wellness nurse manager there. All staff members at Juniper are required to be vaccinated.Credit.Kriston Jae Bethel for The New York Times
Published March 5, 2021Updated March 8, 2021
For much of the winter, Meryl Gordon worried about the people caring for her 95-year-old mother, who was rehabbing in a Manhattan nursing home after surgery for a broken hip.
“Every week they sent out a note to families about how many staff members had positive Covid tests,” said Ms. Gordon, a biographer and professor at New York University. “It was a source of tremendous anxiety.”
‘Hug Tent’ allows loved ones comfort amid Covid safety precautions
LOUISVILLE, CO (KCNC) Some Coloradans living with dementia and Alzheimer’s were allowed to hug their loved ones for the first time in almost a year thanks to Tru Hospice and Juniper Village of Louisville. Using a “hug tent,” which has plastic walls with holes for arms, visitors and residents at Juniper Village were able to embrace each other.
“That human contact is so important. It’s a stress reliever,” said Anna Hostetter, a spokesperson for Juniper Village. “They can utilize the tent to give their loved ones a hug, or hold her hand, for the first time in about a year.”
Hug tent, Stephen King, Valentine’s dining: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY
Alabama
Montgomery: The state has expanded who is eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19, but health officials caution there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot. As of Monday, everyone 65 and older, educators, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers is eligible to get vaccinated. Previously only health care workers, first responders, nursing home residents, and people 75 and older were eligible. “If you are eligible for a vaccine, then we will get you one if want to take it. But it is not going to happen immediately for everyone,” Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, told reporters Friday. Harris said an estimated 1.5 million people would be eligible for vaccines, but the state has b